What are my chances of getting into Wharton?

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Hello everyone, I’m a senior in high school who will be applying to the University of Pennsylvania in the coming days. After doing some reading and having discussions with my college advisors, I’m having second thoughts about which school I may apply to. Without any business acumen, I’ve been advised to the apply to the school of arts and sciences as opposed to Wharton; however, I’d like a third party’s opinion on my chances. Here is my information:

Education:
95% and above in all classes taken in high school, majority above 97%
GPA: 4.208 (my school does not designate weighted or unweighted)
Have taken a total of 8 AP classes, achieved highest average in those taken Junior year.
5’s on all AP tests taken
highest honors accolades given every year
740 on Biology SAT Subject Test, 770 on US History SAT Subject Test
1450 SAT (non-super score’d), most recent SAT scores have not yet been released

Sports:
captain of the school bowling team since Junior year
received varsity letters from Freshman unto Senior year
received “coach’s award” for high athletic achievement
coordinated summer practices for the team

Clubs:
National Catholic Forensics League; sophomore, junior, and senior year; won several local awards, qualified and participated in the national tournament Junior year
DECA; junior and senior year; won several local awards, competed at the state level junior year
Student Government, homeroom representative junior and senior year
National Honors Society

Golden Saints, a service club

Extra-Curricular Work:
Service, have volunteered at a number of institutions including those for the elderly, the mentally disabled, rescued animals, and children; total of 120 hours at the present moment
Piano, 5 years of practice
Graphic design, I have several pieces of artwork I plan to submit
YouTube, I run a medium-size (under 150,000 subscriber) youtube channel based on informative educational essays
Writing, I research and write small essays on a variety of topics (none published as of yet)

Essays and Recommendations:
I lived in a low-income family for the majority of my life and because of personal circumstances will apply to college as an independent. Such information has been incorporated into the essay.

My recommendations should be solid, I’ve asked both my AP Biology teacher, who I know personally and in whose class I achieved a top average, and my AP US History teacher, who runs the Forensics team at school, for recommendations. I’ve also asked one of my other teachers, who now works at a non-profit research institution in New York, and my piano instructor for supplemental recommendations.

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I’m jealous your school has a bowling team, let alone a varsity bowling team. The 1450 is a little low for Wharton, but hopefully your recent SAT is higher. I think they’re also looking for the Math II subject test as well. Careful on submitting 4 recommendation letters, especially 3 from your academic teachers—if they say the same thing, there’s no point in submitting more than the required 2.

Imo, I wouldn’t submit this unless you were applying as an arts major.

“under 150k” doesn’t really mean anything to the reader. It would look better if you gave an exact number, or “over 100k” for example. “Under” implies it could be any number – 5 subscribers or 50,000.

I’m also not seeing anything about why you want to go to Wharton unless that’s in your personal essay.

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The information as to the “why” is in my personal essay. The writings and research I’ve worked on deal with economics and economic theory. As do a number of the videos I produce.